Today's post HAD to be quick, I barely made it in the door last night after my flight before I passed out from exhaustion, so I did my nails this morning, instead of last night, as is my custom. I got my Essie Mint Candy Apple in the mail over the weekend, and of course, HAD to use it, its GORGEOUS! I smudged my thumb when I was using the Konad stamper thing, but didnt have time to fix it, sorry! :(

Hhahahaha Goonies Quote FTW. One of the best movies of all time. Anyway, to the nails. Today's nails were an idea emailed to me by reader Lauren, who was inspired after seeing my sugar-coated nails. I totally LOVED the idea- Chocolate covered nails 'dipped' in non-pareils to make a french tip of sorts. Plus, it is simple, so anyone could do this idea, I really love it.

Today's nails are nautical themed, seeing as I'm on the United State's '3rd coast', well, part of it, I grew up about 4 miles from Lake Huron, which is one of the Great Lakes, aka the Third Coast... :)

Hey all!! Well, I'm fully exhausted after a 5 am wake-up, hr drive to the nearest big city (I'm in Michigan right now), and then a few hrs in line, and I came out ahead, I saved $160 on 4 items. All in all, it was worth it, because I think I kind of sickly enjoy the rush of Black Friday! Today's nails are an homage to the fight & rush of getting that deal. Hopefully, your only damage is as bad as mine... a broken nail. :-P (I even left it for effect!) They are all the $$$ I went to save, and the blood I made others shed (not really) so I could get those deals. (I'm REALLY joking, everyone was rather peaceful where I was this year. SLOW, but peaceful.)

I used a franken for the base, which I made from a $1 bottle of white nail polish NYC I think? and about 15 drops of Zoya Envy, and then Zoya Envy for all the lines and tips. For the simulated blood, I used Zoya Dakota, and for the broken nail (chunk out of my pinky) I used a dropping box that I tried to catch in vain.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!! What are you thankful for? I am thankful for my friends and family, my health, the fact that I am able to spend the holidays with my family, whom I don't get to see much anymore since I moved 2,000 miles away, for YOU guys, and the success of my blog project, and all the little things that make my life what it is.

Today's nails are a throwback of sorts, back to the days of our youth, when drawing a turkey meant slapping your hand on a piece of paper, tracing it, and drawing on a beak....voila! TURKEY! I thought it'd be funny to do something silly today, especially since I didn't have a ton of time with all my traveling to get back to the midwest for my family dinner. :) Kinda bummed that in the pic of my hand, you can't really see the turkey's face. Booooo. :( You get the idea from the close-up though, I hope.

Today's nails were inspired by what else.. Thanksgiving dinner!!! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, that's right, I'm a glutton. I love food, especially in copious amounts, and who doesn't enjoy a little post-meal narcolepsy? So, each nail is dedicated to what I plan on eating tomorrow. (and hopefully the next couple of days...minus the carrots and yams, bleck!)

1. By hand, mix together the butter and jam until well combined (I used the flat blade on my Kitchenaid and it worked just fine)

2. Stream the dark chocolate into the butter mixture, taking care not to allow chunks of chocolate to form in the butter mixture.

3. Stream the Chambord into the butter ganache while stirring constantly.

Ok, here's where it might differ for me and you. I used molds, which are $25 for a 30-candy sturdy plastic dome mold, and found at specialty stores- I got mine at Chef Rubber which, if you live in Vegas, is a physical store, but for those not in the area, you can order online just as easily. I'm pretty sure that you could just make conventional truffles from this ganache, by forming balls of it after it cools and then coating with tempered dark chocolate. Make sure the chocolate is tempered, or you'll get lots of white streaks. (known as fat bloom) This doesn't render the chocolate inedible, just makes it look unappetizing.

This is the other creation I made last night, 'toucans', they are candies with a center of mango, passionfruit, and white chocolate ganache enrobed in a thin layer of white chocolate. Mmmmm. They usually are brightly colored yellow and red, but it was my first time making them at home rather than in class, and I didn't want to screw them up and not be able to reuse the chocolate.. so....white 'toucans'. They taste the same though! :)

Today's nails are monsters of industry, machine inspired nails that allowed me to use my new holographic awesomeness that is China Glaze Holographic Polish in OMG. Its soooo pretty. I know I'm behind on this bandwagon, but I recently just got back into nail polish again, so I managed to snag it courtesy of Amazon.com. WOO!

So there have been questions to my email, and I think in some posts as to what is in my collection.. so here are pics! :)

This has all been acquired (with the exception of one or two bottles) since mid-August of this year. I keep them separated into plastic bins by brand. the MISC bins are an exception, since there are only a few of each.

Today I decided to do something simple so I did a design using a Konad plate, and VERY inexpensive nail polishes. I got this gorgeous new color from (surprisingly) Sally Girl from Sally Beauty Supply. Unfortunately, they don't have them on their site for some reason, so no link. It is a gorgeous metallic pine color. Absolutely gorgeous... and only 99¢! Smudged the middle finger a bit when I applied the pattern, but it still looks ok. :-P

I used Sally Girl Nail Lacquer in a no-name metallic pine (dark green), with Urban Vibe Charged (a very pretty metallic copper) with Konad Plate m70. Topped it off with my usual two coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Today's nails are painted with roundels, which are national insignia used on military aircraft. This was a suggestion by my friend Patrick, who is a pilot in the US Air Force. :) I also thought it'd be a rad idea because my grandfather was an aircraft navigator in World War II. On my left hand I did the countries of my heritage, and my right hand, I did some of the more interesting shapes, and colors. :)

Today I had to work in my company's super secret innovations room in our booth at the Global Gaming Show. This explains a)why the post is so late today- no computer access b)why my nails have my company's logo and our most recognizable game symbol!

Hey all! Today for those of you not near or who haven't been to Vegas, I'm bringing Vegas to you- on my nails! Some of the biggest (or most recognizable) attractions/Casinos here in Vegas are the subject for today's nail- a different nail for each one.

Sorry for the black paint on some of my cuticles and skin, it is screenprinting ink that I can't get off! :)

I made this last night:

She is my Corn Dog Pinup girl that I drew for my friend as a joke a long while back, but decided I liked her and used her for my freelance graphic design logo. :-P This is the bottom left hem of the tshirt. :) I did a hoodie, too.

Hey all! For the newcomers to the blog, I post later in the day on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays. Saturdays I have class, I'm taking a class on chocolate, and I can now make handmade chocolates as well as chocolate sculptures! Anyway, today's nails are an homage to the amazingness of chocolate...specifically, Chocolate Covered Strawberries!! MMmmmmMmMmm!

Hello to all of my new followers!! Hope you like what you see from here on out!!

Today's nails are to 'celebrate' it being Friday the 13th.... WOooOooOOooOOOoooooo. :) Are YOU superstitious? Anyway, so in honor of it being Friday the 13th, I decided to paint my nails with Jason Voorhees' mask from the movie 'Friday the 13th'. Who knew hockey masks had so damn many holes. :-P

Today's nails are inspired by the fur above some (awesome) men's lips. So many iconic mustaches over the years... Dali's, Einstein's, Selleck's. ;) Today, I tip my proverbial hat to those men amazing enough to sport a 'stache.

I did all different mustaches today, from the 'fu' to the 'Dali' to the 'pornstache'. There are even the Einstein, Selleck, and 'trucker' for you to peruse... I've even done my best impression of the iconic Dali portrait.

Wow. Today and yesterday have definitely been a whirlwind. My bacon nails and blog were featured on geekologie.com yesterday, and today the lovely Tamar from MTV's Buzzworthy Blog contacted me to let me know she posted about my nail blog too! WOW! I never in a million years thought my little blog would get such a great (and HUGE) reception! So... THANK YOU!

Ok, on to the nails.

Today's nail are none other than the crime-fighting reptiles we all know and love........Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!! (Plus their favorite kind of pizza- CHEEEESE!)

Today's nails were inspired by.... duh... BACON!! Who doesn't love bacon, in sandwiches, with eggs, as band-aids, people have made it into everything from lampshades to bikinis, so in honor of my love and devotion for bacon, I chose to do bacon fingernails. :)

Sorry today's post is so late, I got busy in the kitchen, I made pumpkin pie from scratch- (and by scratch, I mean I started with a pumpkin, not a can ;)) and I made homemade Pomegranate sorbet with pomegranates grown in my backyard! :)

After yesterday's über-girly nails, I felt the need to balance the 'girly' scales. Pardon the thumb, i smudged it stirring the simple syrup for the sorbet.

Hi all- today's nails remind me of a sugar rimmed glass, and are about as pink and barbie as I get. :-P

I used OPI Gotta Get Pink! as a base, and then dipped the tips in this hot pink flake stuff that I'm pretty sure is for acrylic nails, as it was with all the acrylic stuff at Sally Beauty. It was uncomfortable after it dried though, since it was sharp and pointy. :-P Looks pretty neat I think, though.

The fantabulous Cindy @ Nail'd & Polished and the Spendiferous CucumPeartagged me for the Kreativ Blogger Award. Thanks so much ladies!!!

Rules are that I have to divulge 7 things about me, and tag a few bloggers at the end....Here goes.

1. I live off of Taco Bell, Wendy's, In n Out, and pizza.

2. I paint my nails EVERY SINGLE DAY- obviously. ;)

3. I am an artist for a large Slot Machine/Gaming company in Las Vegas, NV

4. I am allergic to a lot of things, including (but not limited to): Cats, dogs, mold, grass, dust, olive trees, and weeds. I take three allergy prescriptions (oral, eye drops, and nasal) to combat these allergies.

5. I am a MAC junkie (both computers and makeup) I have over 75 FS pigments and 5 15-pan palettes filled, and then some, and I have 3 iPods, including my phone, and I also have my trusty laptop. :)

6. I enjoy odd non-breakfast foods for breakfast, for instance, this morning I had Oreos with milk. Other mornings include pasta, pizza, steak burritos, and Cheetos.

7. I am the only pale redhead in my family. My sister and parents all have brown hair and olive complexions.

Today I felt fiery, so I decided to do flame nails... plus I bought OPI for Sephora's What's a Tire Jack? Matte, so I had to try it out! The flames on black matte reminds me of classic hot rods, love it.

About Me

Hi all, and welcome to my blog project. I completed my original challenge/plan to do 365 different nail designs in 365 days on October 13, 2010. I now continue to do designs as I have time because I love it! If you have any ideas, or just want to contact me, my email address is thedailynail@gmail.com